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Windows 7: Win 7 Pro Network problem

I have a small network with 3 Win 7 Pro computers and 4 XP Pro computers and a NAS.
Everything was fine until about 2 weeks ago when 1 Win 7 Pro box stopped reading the network.

All comps are mapped to the NAS and all have File and Print sharing turned on and are also connected to a network printer.
All other computers can see the 1 box in question shared folders and can write to it.
This 1 offending box still has its connection to the network printer through a local tcp port pointing to the printers IP.
This is the only thing working This 1 box lost its mapped connection to the NAS and in the "NETWORK" window nothing shows up.
Also in the network window the address bar does NOT show the progress bar scanning the network.
Trying to connect to either the NAS or other computers with names (\\NAS) or IP (192.168.1.22) does NOT work.

I have gone over all network settings dozens of times and many reboots with no joy, and have tried many fixes suggested from searches done on the problem.

I am stumped now and seeking help.
I am new to this forum but I have been networking computers for over 10 years. I think I know what I am doing and yes I have turned on network discovery and all that in the "network and sharing center" advanced settings.

I have a small network with 3 Win 7 Pro computers and 4 XP Pro computers and a NAS.
Everything was fine until about 2 weeks ago when 1 Win 7 Pro box stopped reading the network.

All comps are mapped to the NAS and all have File and Print sharing turned on and are also connected to a network printer.
All other computers can see the 1 box in question shared folders and can write to it.
This 1 offending box still has its connection to the network printer through a local tcp port pointing to the printers IP.
This is the only thing working This 1 box lost its mapped connection to the NAS and in the "NETWORK" window nothing shows up.
Also in the network window the address bar does NOT show the progress bar scanning the network.
Trying to connect to either the NAS or other computers with names (\\NAS) or IP (192.168.1.22) does NOT work.

I have gone over all network settings dozens of times and many reboots with no joy, and have tried many fixes suggested from searches done on the problem.

I am stumped now and seeking help.
I am new to this forum but I have been networking computers for over 10 years. I think I know what I am doing and yes I have turned on network discovery and all that in the "network and sharing center" advanced settings.

I'm almost afraid to ask but which A/V software are you using on these machines?

Of course tried that several times including turning on computers one at a time and I have reset advanced settings many times ( turned of all settings like network discovery reboot turn back on reboot ) uninstalled nic drivers and reinstalled with reboots. and tried all system restore points. Nothing works no joy.

In the network window address bar when I type either name (\\nas) or IP (192.168.1.10) what I type in after I hit enter just highlights and goes nowhere
I am real close to reinstalling windows been fighting this for over a week.

The other 2 Win 7 Pro boxes on this network have basically the same setup and the same hardware and have no problems and can see and write to the bad boxes shared folders.
I installed this offending box a little over 6 months ago and it worked flawless till about 2 weeks ago about the time of the last windows update. But doing a system restore to before update brought no joy.

When I first started using Win 7 Pro I thought the way it automatically saw everything on a network was fantastic and still do. This box has lost its mind and remindes me of XP and the way it can loose its mind also.

I work on computers for a living, all I do all day is fix Windows thats why my own personal computer I run Linux. I usually dont post in forums I just search them for clues to my problems this box is causing my hair to fall out.

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